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# National Carers Week

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# National Carers Week
'It's physically and mentally exhausting. I can't be off guard': The life of a single parent carer
Next week is National Carers Week, highlighting the experiences of thousands of family carers across Ireland that look their loved ones.
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Jun 10th 2018, 9:00 PM
# dementia carers
'You're giving up everything and they don't want to get on with you. It was hard to bite my lip and keep going'
Over 180,000 people in Ireland are currently or have been carers for a family member or partner with dementia.
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Jun 17th 2017, 10:15 AM
Voices
Column: 'I imagine guilt is a friend of every carer on this island'
My boys will not have “typical” childhood but they will have very special memories, writes carer Geraldine Renton.
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Jun 14th 2017, 8:30 PM
# National Carers Week
'My greatest fear is she will outlive me': Elderly carers in Ireland struggle for help
The 2011 Census found that 24,746 carers in Ireland are over the age of 65.
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Jun 10th 2017, 10:00 PM
Voices
'A carer, what is that?' I am a weight lifter. I am a nurse. I am a specialist. I am exhausted.
I care full-time for my son, who has Hunter Syndrome, as well as being a mother to my other two young boys – yet I am often looked down upon by others.
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Jun 10th 2015, 1:30 PM
# Social Protection
The number of people receiving a carer's allowance has increased by 40%
Joan Burton came under fire in the Dáil this week for cuts to grants and delays in social welfare decisions.
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Jun 15th 2014, 7:30 AM
# Support
Survey shows 4 in 5 carers badly impacted by cuts in recent years
This week is National Carers Week.
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Jun 9th 2014, 6:38 PM